"Although the territory is familiar, the exec...

2009-08-22T11:19:43.858-04:00

"Although the territory is familiar, the execution is not — or at least not as tight, focused, and inventive as Keaton's previous works. It is not so much that the film occasionally stumbles as it is that the film never seems to lift off. This is heavy with plot and story, frequently without any of the physical prowess that makes a Keaton film what it is."

Perfectly reasoned and beautifully penned. I could not agree with that assessment more for this particular film.

That said, the serious tone here T.S. yields some compelling pathos. (Keaton has no friends, like Chaplin, and is attached to that sad-sack cow) And who could not be riveted to the film's chase climax with Buster donning the Mephistopheles garb? I think your rating is pretty much dead-on.

Comments on Screen Savour: Go West (1925)

"Although the territory is familiar, the exec...